Fence Gates

Doc-t August 11, 2015
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The gates used in a fence line on horse farms range from elegant to unsafe, hand-made to mass-produced and maintained to barely keeping together.

Safety is the key here and is a recurring theme in this subject—also ease of opening and closing.  Nothing is worse than lifting a gate to get it off the ground for opening. Unfortunately, in trouble, gates that fall open when unlatched are right up there.  These opened gates leave a hole for all the other horses in the paddock to run through.

Gaps below the gate allow foals to roll out of the paddock and away from their mother.  Chaos ensues.

Some gates have wide gaps where pawing horses like to stick their legs through – usually just when their arch-enemy comes up to challenge, resulting in a broken leg.

Some gates are not wide enough for the equipment to get through.  Oops! Some gates have too much room for just you, so people have created pass-through gates.  These allow humans through but not horses.  These are handy until you become too large to pass through them.

Please consider the gates when you build the fence and engineer them correctly.  It will be worth it.

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Cattle grate preventsd cattle from leaving a paddock where a road crosses the fence line. Unfortunately it does not work that well for horses as one here had already had her hoof stuck in it (without major injury).
Cattle grate preventsd cattle from leaving a paddock where a road crosses the fence line. Unfortunately it does not work that well for horses as one here had already had her hoof stuck in it (without major injury).
Attachment of the fencing electric wires to the gate.
Cattle grate preventsd cattle from leaving a paddock where a road crosses the fence line. Unfortunately it does not work that well for horses as one here had already had her hoof stuck in it (without major injury).
An electrified gate. This is the knife switch used to disconnect the power for gate use.
An electrified gate prevents the horse from using his hooves to paw at the gate and damage it. A knife switch is used to disconnect the power for gate use.
Beautiful driveway gates leading to a farm in Ocala, FL
Beautiful driveway gates leading to a farm in Ocala, FL
Inoperable gates stuck in the show.
A hand made, 4 board hinged gate.
Pipe fencing is used on this FL farm – very unusual for this area. – the halters are sloppy hung this way. The electric wire runs through an insulating tube under ground under the gate.
A gate for horses and a gate for humans may be redundant. The hinge hooks are set correctly so the gate can’t come off. The latches allow for the gate to swing either way and close automatically. There are 2 brass tack hooks for hanging halters and leads.
Plastic fencing using a stall door track for the gate.
Plastic fencing using a stall door track for the gate.
A full wire mesh gate prevents a hoof from getting through. Note the perimeter fence separate from the paddocks in case a horse escapes it won’t get to the highway on the other side of the pines.
This fence style allows for curves by uses short 8 foot boards. Note the double boarding on this fence line.
This paddock gate has a gravel platform to prevent mud formation in this high traffic area.
A human pass through gate built into the fence line.
A human pass through gate built into the fence line.
Heavy duty roller bearings are protected from the elements on this sliding gate.
A hand made red gate along the road in Virginia. Note the 2 widths – one for tractor and on=e for horse or human. Note also the simple lift latch that closes the two sides.
A round magmet mounted to the post board keeps this gate open.
A round magmet mounted to the post board keeps this gate open.
A round magmet mounted to the post board keeps this gate open.
A human pass through gate built into the fence line.
A human pass through gate built into the fence line.
A human pass through gate built into the fence line.
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Heavy duty rollers set in cement glide this long gate across the loading zone. The waste container has a simple ramp which is not the safest set up especially in bad weather.
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